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Happy Chinese New Year : Year of the Tiger
A Virtual Exhibit from the collection of the Hagen History Center.
- Box
- 5352.8
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- Bronze Ming Dynasty ceremonial box with Teakwood cover and white jade bird on top. Rectangular opening in the bottom of the box. Piece which fits in the opening is still intact. Exterior of the box is ornamented with designs.... View Full Record
- Brick
- 2872
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- Brick from the Great Wall of China. Retrieved by Rev. W.P. Sprague in 1904.... View Full Record
- Crock
- 2019x.464
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- Large Chinese motif clay pot with mythical creatures on each side. Stored with other large Decorative Arts collection. The dominant color of the pot is brown with yellow or amber portions. Mythical creatures on each side are most likely decorative h... View Full Record
- Embroidery
- 5775.18
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- Silk thread embroidery of cranes standing in water on red fabric. Black frame.... View Full Record
- Embroidery
- 8469.1
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- Embroidered silk thread on cream silk fabric. Chinese styled imagery of flowers, birds, and organic designs. Black Frame.... View Full Record
- Fan
- 8475.1
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- Hand painted with peacock feathers, this fan has wooden sticks.... View Full Record
- Figurine, Animal
- 5352.39
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- Figurine of a water buffalo with horns. May have been part of another object. Belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Part of the donation from Dr. and Mrs. Sclindwein in 1941.... View Full Record
- Mill, Spice
- 784.1
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- A cast iron Chinese spice mill complete with base and circular grinder including the wooden handle.... View Full Record
- Plate, Costume
- 5244.16-1
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- Museum Extension Projects Division
Works Progress Administration
Asiatic Costume set of plates
In Keystone: "MUSEUM EXTENSION PROJECT / WPA / PITTSBURGH, PA"
"BURMA / ASIATIC PLATE NO. 17 / HILL TRIBESMAN"... View Full Record
- Sculpture
- 5352.15
- The Sage of Fu Taishi
- Bronze figure depicts the Sage of Fu Taishi who was the inventor of the prayer wheel. Figure is wearing a hat. Originally wore a beard, the perforations for which are still visible. From the Kang Hsi Period, 1622-1722 AD of the Ming Dynasty, 16th cen... View Full Record
- Statue
- 5771.1
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- Large Chinese dog, blue-green, porcelain 6" tall on porcelain base. Donated in 1944 by Miss Marie Gingenbach of Erie.... View Full Record
- Statue, Religious
- 5707.34
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- Kitchen god brought by Miss C. V. Lee, long a missionary in China. Donated in 1944 by Mrs. Robert Crawford.... View Full Record
- Urn
- 5352.13
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- Square urn or incense burner with cover from Ming Dynasty. Object itself sits on four decorative legs. Removable cover has cut-out metal work and is adorned with two Ming dogs, one quite larger than the other. Urn is completed by a wooden pedestal... View Full Record
- Vase
- 5352.11
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- Copper bronze vase designed with relief and etching techniques. Has two handles in the shape of Water Buffalo heads. Writing on vase states that it belongs to the Early Ch'ing Dynasty, 17th century.... View Full Record
- Carving
- 5775.6c
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- Carved ivory of man holding branch of fruit. Originally part of 6 small ivory carvings.... View Full Record